Bacteremic W-135 meningococcal pneumonia.
Two epidemiologically unrelated cases of bacteremic meningococcal pneumonia are reported. Both patients were civilians without antecedent viral illness. The organism involved was Neisseria meningitidis, Group W-135, a serogroup of rapidly increasing importance in the United States. The difficulties in diagnosis and scope of meningococcal pneumonia are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology